Defeated, But Not Dismayed- Crushed To The Earth, But Not Humiliated- He Seemed To Grow More Haughty Beneath Disaster, And To Experience A Fierce Satisfaction In Draining The Last Dregs Of Bitterness.

Defeated, But Not Dismayed- Crushed To The Earth, But Not Humiliated- He Seemed To Grow More Haughty Beneath Disaster, And To Experience A Fierce Satisfaction In Draining The Last Dregs Of Bitterness.

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Defeated, but not dismayed- crushed to the earth, but not humiliated- he
seemed to grow more haughty beneath disaster, and to experience a
fierce satisfaction in draining the last dregs of bitterness.
-- Washington Irving

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